Mar. 14 | Those who make this heartfelt aspiration for the Bodhisattva way
Will be free of all lower rebirths,
Free of harmful companions,
And will quickly see Amitabha, Infinite Light.
– Samantabhadra Bodhisattva
(The King Of Prayers)
In order to train just...

Nov. 27 |
The very shortsighted
must learn to see
much further.
– Shilashanti
The Kukkuravatika Sutta records how Puṇṇa (of the Koliyans), an ox-duty ascetic, and Seniya the naked dog-duty ascetic learnt the error of their ways through the Buddha. Prior...

Oct. 11 |
Create not karmic creditors
by harming any.
Be not karmic creditors
by harming any.
– Nowanden
Who are karmic creditors (冤亲债主)? They are those whom we owe karmic debts to, who we have harmed, from whom our negative karma is expressed by bearing...

Sep. 13 |
Spiritual cultivation is but the
actualisation of our pure potential
and deactivation of our defiled habits.
– Shilashanti
When we see those worse off, such as the very poor and sick, we usually genuinely wish that they be free from suffering, to be...

Sep. 5 | We have the impression [through the earliest found sūtras]…
that [the] Mahāyāna [tradition] was NOT distinct from
[so-called] ‘mainstream’ Buddhism at this period
[when these sūtras were being recorded],
as it became [institutionalised...

Aug. 13 |
I’m the one who asked Brahmā
in the Hall of Justice before the assembly:
‘Friend, do you still have the same view
that you had in the past?
Or do you see the radiance
transcending the Brahmā realm?’
[to be continued…]
–...